Comments on: On passion, imperfections, confessional writing and fears (re: dissertation goes to a printer) http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/05/14/on-passion-imperfections-confessional-writing-and-fears/ Lilia Efimova on personal productivity in knowledge-intensive environments, weblog research, knowledge management, PhD, serendipity and lack of work-life balance... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:17:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Interesting materials on writing and publishing. | thesisthoughts http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/05/14/on-passion-imperfections-confessional-writing-and-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-24230 Interesting materials on writing and publishing. | thesisthoughts Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:18:54 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2401#comment-24230 [...] read about Lilia’s honest post on publishing a PhD which is both exposing and highly [...] [...] read about Lilia’s honest post on publishing a PhD which is both exposing and highly [...]

]]> By: Mónica http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/05/14/on-passion-imperfections-confessional-writing-and-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-21276 Mónica Wed, 27 May 2009 09:33:55 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2401#comment-21276 Coming from you, it was something that I've never dream of. The self-confident Lilia image that I've built since the first time I «met» you on KBoard, later seeing how you where assertive in f2f gatherings, and the fearless way of how you questioned in your blog long time established academia way, made me even more fearful of not being cut to do it myself. Whenever I try to submit a paper, I always question my faults, the growing things I know that I don't know about, and I keep postponing, going back to reading, search for more works that said it better... and come back looking to what I have... as a pale contribution to all the things that where already said much better by others. One thing I know, I am surrounded by great researcher models that have help built by expectations of what great research is all about. Today, as I read your words, I'm thinking about the impact you have had on more than my research and on my own quest to be a little bit more self-confident: transposing the fears of contributing to forums, learning it was ok to communicate in another language even if faulty, make my voice travel on blogging for serendipity discovery, having the opportunity to talk over things that I taught it were foolish and that became part of my own research topic, but above all, receiving your bits of encouragement just because you share it out loud, during all this years. Thank you Coming from you, it was something that I’ve never dream of. The self-confident Lilia image that I’ve built since the first time I «met» you on KBoard, later seeing how you where assertive in f2f gatherings, and the fearless way of how you questioned in your blog long time established academia way, made me even more fearful of not being cut to do it myself.

Whenever I try to submit a paper, I always question my faults, the growing things I know that I don’t know about, and I keep postponing, going back to reading, search for more works that said it better… and come back looking to what I have… as a pale contribution to all the things that where already said much better by others. One thing I know, I am surrounded by great researcher models that have help built by expectations of what great research is all about.

Today, as I read your words, I’m thinking about the impact you have had on more than my research and on my own quest to be a little bit more self-confident: transposing the fears of contributing to forums, learning it was ok to communicate in another language even if faulty, make my voice travel on blogging for serendipity discovery, having the opportunity to talk over things that I taught it were foolish and that became part of my own research topic, but above all, receiving your bits of encouragement just because you share it out loud, during all this years.

Thank you

]]> By: cathy http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2009/05/14/on-passion-imperfections-confessional-writing-and-fears/comment-page-1/#comment-21245 cathy Mon, 25 May 2009 13:16:34 +0000 http://blog.mathemagenic.com/?p=2401#comment-21245 Thank you so much for writing this post, Lilia. I remember seeing one of your presentations in Umea, and being in awe of your skill and confidence. I am now in the throes of writing, and it does help enormously to read a post like this one. Thank you so much for writing this post, Lilia. I remember seeing one of your presentations in Umea, and being in awe of your skill and confidence. I am now in the throes of writing, and it does help enormously to read a post like this one.

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